Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1995, 1:01 PM EST for Johnston County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 1995, 1:01 PM EST (18:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1995, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnston County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRDU 081802 RRA SVRRDU NCC101-195-081845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 101 PM EST WED MAR 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...WESTERN WILSON COUNTY AT 1 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED NEAR KENLY MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD WILSON COUNTY. UNCONFIRMED REPORTS INDICATED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN WILSON COUNTY BY 130 PM EST. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM, A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT WARNING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. NOISE LIKE A ROARING TRAIN MAY BE YOUR ONLY CLUE OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:37 PM EST, 24 minutes before
NCC101-163-191-195-081845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1238 PM EST WED MAR 8 1995 AT 1235 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN SAMPSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. RA/MF
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:38 PM EST, 23 minutes before
NCC101-163-191-195-081845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1238 PM EST WED MAR 8 1995 AT 1235 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN SAMPSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. RA/MF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.